Selenium is usually known as the 'double-edged sword element'for its dual toxic and
beneficial character to health. Since the pioneer works by Schwarz and Foltz on the …

During the last decades, the perception of selenium has undergone substantial changes.
While its toxic effects were recognized causing hair and hoof loss in animals during the …

Contemporary legislation respecting environmental protection and public health, at both
national and international levels, are based on data that characterize chemical properties of …

Organisms have developed their internal biochemistry in close connection to the
composition of the natural environment. Humans, as well as all mammals, unlike …

Selenium (Se) is a naturally occurring metalloid element, which is essential to human and
other animal health in trace amounts but is harmful in excess. Of all the elements, selenium …

Aims Although the global importance of selenium (Se) deficiency to human and animal
health has been recognized for decades, strategic Se fertilization interventions addressing …

This book deals with the concentrations and transformations of nutrient elements in soils,
grassland plants and ruminants, particularly sheep and cattle. Data are restricted to those …

Oxyanions of arsenic and selenium can be used in microbial anaerobic respiration as
terminal electron acceptors. The detection of arsenate and selenate respiring bacteria in …

Selenium (Se) is a naturally occurring metalloid element, which is essential to human and
other animal health in trace amounts, but is harmful in excess. Of all the elements, Se has …

Selenium (Se) is an important micronutrient and essential trace element for both humans
and animals, which exist in the environment ubiquitously. Selenium deficiency is an …